William



(No Model.) W' PL4 FRANKLIN.

MAGAZINE PIRE ARM. N0.'326,491. Patented Sept. 1 5, 1885.

opening and closing,

UNITED STATES WILLIAM 113. FRANKLIN,

` COLTS PATENTFIRE ARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

Awine/izmir. FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming to be a full, clear, and exact description of theIo.

lpart of this specification,

and which said drawings constitute and represent in- Figure 1 a sideview, portions broken away same,

.to illustrate the invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal section through thereceiver, showing a top view of the connecting-bar to illustrate itsengagement with the verticallever h; Fig. 3, a. horizontal sectionthrough the breechpiece, showing the firing-pin and its retracting-leverin the forward position; Fig. 4, the same as Fig. 3, showing thefiring-pin as retracted and the vertical lever occupying thering-pin-lever recess; Fig. 5, a verticalsection in rear of the verticallever.

` This invention relates to an improvement in that class ofbreech-loading re arms in which the breech-piece is arranged to movelongitudinally toward and from the barrel in and in which thebreechpiece is actuated by a handle beneath the barrel, from which anarm extends into connection:wi'th the breech-piece, so ythatlongitudinal movement imparted f to said handle will impartcorresponding movement to thebreechiece.

lhe object of `the present improvement is'to provide a simple andconvenient retraction for the firing-pin, and so that the firing-pinshall be moved rearward at the commencement of the rear movement ofthebreechpiece and its return or forward movement be prevented until thebreech-piece is closed and substantially locked; and it consists in a lever hung in the breech-piece in a horizontal plane, the said lever ofsubstantially L shape,"

one arm in connection with the iring-pin,the other arm extendinglongitudinally from the fulcrum and adapted to enter a recess in theside of the receiver when the breech-piece is in its extreme forwardposition, and thereby leave the firing-pin free, but be thrown out ofsaid recessas the breech-piece commences its tached to its forward end;-nallyJmovable breech-piece;

PATENT CEEICE.

or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AssIGNoR'To THE CF SAME PLACE.

part of Letters Patent N. 326,491, dated September 15, 188.5.

Application iiledrJnly 20, 1885. (No'model.)

rear movement,a nd thereby retract the firingpin, and as more fullyhereinafter described.

A represents the receiver; IB, the barrel,at

C, the longitudi- D, the connecting-bar, which extends from the handlebelneath the barrel into the receiver and connected with thebreech-piece, so'that the longitudinal movement of the connection D un-6o der the movement of the handle imparts a corresponding movement tothe breech-piece,

a common and wellknown construction, the

details of which it is not necessary to describe in this specification.

. E is the firing-pin, arranged longitudinally -through ,thebreech-piece in the usual manner and so as to be struck by the hammer F,also l in the usual manner.

a b are the two arms of a lever hung in the 7o breech-piece upon apivot. d, and in a horizontal plane, the pivot being at one side of thering-pin, and so that the arm a will extend into a notch in theiiring-pin, as seen in Fig. 3, to engage the firing-pin, so that themovement of the lever may be imparted to the firing-pin. The other arm,b, extends forward from the pivot,and is provided with a nose orprojection, e, adapted to enter a recess, f, piece is in its extremeforward position,and,as seen in Fig. 3, the rear side of the nose and ofthe recess are inclined, so 4as to form a camlike surface, over whichthe nose may work in the movement of the breech-piece, and so that asthe breech-piece commences its rear movement the nose e will ride out ofthe recess f in the receiver, thereby turning lthe lever, and so as toretract the firing-pin, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 3.l Aftersuch retraction the nose of the lever follows the inner surface of thereceiver until the breechpiece reaches its extreme rear movement andreturns, thus holding the firing-pin from possible forward movementuntil the breech-piece is fully closed, so that the nose e may enter therecess in the receiver and leave the firing-pin free to beforced'against the cartridge in the barrel.

As in the more general construction of this ICO class of arms thelocking of the breech-piece occurs after the breech-piece is closed. Ifind in the receiver when the breech- 8o it desirable to prevent thenose of the firingpin lever from entering the recess f until suchlocking shall have substantially taken place. To this end I arrange alever, lz, vertically in the receiver, hung upon a pivot, i, below theconnecting-bar D, and in the receiver a recess is formed asacontinuation or extension of the firing-pin-lever recess Land on theconnecting-,bar D a shoulder, Z, is formed in rear,ot' the lever h, anda second shoulder, m, forward ofthe lever, asseen in Fig. 2. The rearshoulder is in such relation to the lever k that in the finalforwardmovement of the connectingbar D it will strike the rearnside ofthe lever h and turn the said lever to its extreme forward p0- sition,as seen in Figs, 1 and 3,and the shoulder m is in such relation to thelever It that in the extreme lrear movement of the bar Dit will strikethe forward side of the lever h and turn the said lever rearward, asindicated in broken lines, Fig. l. When the lever is in its extremeforward position,as seen in Fig. 3, the. recess f is clear for thenose'of the ring-pin lever to enter andrest; but when on the opening ofthe breech-piece in the nal rear movement of the connection D the leverh has been turned to the rear, as'seen in Fig. 4, it lls the recessprovided for the nose of the firing-pin lever, so that the nose of the1ever is prevented from entering the rccess,and hence While the leverhso stands the firingpln cannot be thrown forward; but upon the finallocking movement of the connecting-bar D the lever h is drawn into itsforward position, as seen in Fig. 3, to open the 'space for the entranceof the nose of the tiring-pin lever, and as this movement of the lever hoccurs after the breech-piece is closed and during the locking movement,it follows that the firingpin cannot 'advance until the loc-kingof thebreech-piece is substantially complete.

In the illustration the locking-brace is in the form of a bell-cranklever hung to the breech-piece,near its forward end, 'one arm extendingdown into engagement with the connecting-bar D, and the other so as todrop forward of an abutment in the receiver when the breech-piece is initsclosed position,l and so that on the first part of the rear movementof the connecting-bar D the locking-arm is raised from the abutment torelease the breechpiece before the rear movement of the breech-piececommences, and on the return the breechpiece is closed before thelocking-brace commences its locking engagement with the abutment.

connecting- As before stated, this mechanism for locking thebreech-piece is a well-known construction, and docs not requireparticular illustration or description.

I claim- 1. In a breech-loading fire-arm in which the breech-piece isarranged to move longi-V4 tudinally toward and from the barrel inclosing and opening, the combination therewith of a firing -pinextending longitudinally through the breech-piece, a lever hung in, thebreech-piece in a horizontal plane, one arm of said lever adapted toengage the `firing-pin, the other arm extending at substantially rightangles to the first, and adapted to enter a recess in the side of thereceiver provided for it when the breech-,pieceis in its closedposition, substantially as described, and so that the first part of therear 'movement of the breechpiece will'take the said arm out of saidrecess, thereby turning the lever to retract the 'firing-pin.

2. In a fire-arm having a longitudinallymovable breech-piece, aconnecting-bar beneath the breech-piece extending forward beneath thebarrel, the said bar `in connection with the breech-piece, and so thatlongitudinal'movement ofthe said connecting-bar will impartcorresponding longitudinal movement to the breech-piece, the combinationtherewith of an L-shaped lever hungin the breechpiece, .and so astio-swing in a horizontal plane, one arm of said lever in connectionwith the firing-pin, the other arm adapted to enter a recess formed foritin the side of the receiver. a vertical leverV hung in the receiver,and adapted to Work back and forth in said firingpin-'lever recess, theconnecting-bar constructed with shoulders, one in rear and the'othcr infront of said vertical lever, substantially as described,l and wherebyin the'extreme rear movement of the said connecting-bar the saidvertical lever will be thrown into the firingpin-lever recessto preventthe entrance of the firing-pin lever into said recess, and in theextreme forward movement of said connecting-bar the said verticallleverwill be thrown from said recess to permit the firing-pin lever to entertherein.

w. B. FRANKLIN. Y

Witnesses: i

J. M. BERMINGHAM, I H. A. KIPPEN.

